A member has to present his or her ID at the entrance, where an employee can track check-in and check-out timings. Keeping track of member timings becomes an engaging process and requires a dedicated employee to bear the responsibility. Member time tracking could be manageable if that was it, things further complicate with different members having different membership types, membership fees getting due on different dates, membership renewal and expiry and access control only to entitled facilities.
It is almost every day that membership transactions are performed and records needs to be created and updated. It requires a lot of manual work and one or more dedicated employees are required just to handle membership data and transactions.
It badly impacts payroll efficiency. Tracking time and managing member data can further be cumbersome if it is a large facility with multiple locations and a number of members. Reporting can further add up to the task-list if network gyms have to send data to a central location or the head office.
While membership data can be very useful in making management decision and understanding trends, making sense out of manually logged data becomes a difficult process. Manual system buries the precious member data in charts, registers and notebooks, which could be used for business growth. Card based membership management looks good until we opt to go for a card-less system. Fingerprint based membership management system can not only keep track of member check-in and check-out timings, it can automate several other process and functions, streamlining daily operations and making them smoother.
A business thrives on the fact that how happy customers are with its products or services, and gyms or fitness centers are no exception. Happy members further spread the word and help with bringing in more members. Time wasted in struggle to find the membership card and showing it at the front desk, can be too much for some members.
This process being repeated daily can make them look for alternatives. Fingerprint based gym membership management system can easily address this challenge and please the members. Touch and go, it gets that easy with fingerprint entry, no need to carry and show ID card.
For genuine members, fingerprint entry plays as good as unrestricted entry. This feeling of unrestricted entry makes members feel happy and privileged. Gym is a business of fitness, members who are happy with services offered at their gym of fitness center; do not hesitate to flaunt their fitness by sharing photos on social networks and other places over the internet.
This results in creating awareness and free publicity, which ultimately results in more business. Cards have been and are still used for identification and authentication.
Lost card can be used in committing a crime and owner of the card may have to face an investigation. Time wasted in confirming identity is another flaw that a card based identification bears. Card-less check-in in gyms is a real time saver.
It saves precious time of members and employees can also be assured that identity verification is in safe hands. Gym members are often denied entry because they left card at home or lost it on the way. There may also be scenarios hard to manage, for example: a member forgotten his or her card at home can insist on entering, resulting unnecessary arguments and spoiled environment. Fingerprint membership management system with integrated access control can resolve issues associated with card based check-in and deliver a pleasant experience both for members as well as gym employees.
Security is a primary requirement for any business, specially when business deals with movement of a large number of people, who cater at a venue and avail services offered by the business. It becomes crucially important in case of gyms and fitness centers as people spend a lot of time there. Card based access control poses a huge security risk as an unauthorized person, who carries a forged or stolen membership ID, can enter the member-only area. With crime and violence on the rise, it has become imperative to implement a robust access control.
To learn more about how you can add fingerprint technology to your membership management application, complete our sales form or call to receive a custom price quote. To view our customers in the membership management industry, please visit our integrators page. Have a question in mind or need more info? Tell us about it and an account executive will respond shortly. Industry Highlights. M2SYS software is used by tens of thousands of end users worldwide across a variety of industries.
Find out how our technology can empower your market. Biometric Technology Case Studies. Quick Links. For anytime fitness gyms, health clubs and leisure centres, it is important that only paid-up members are able to gain access to the facilities. Easy, hassle-free access to all the equipment they are trained to use, as well as specialist areas, is important to members. The most common gym access control system uses membership cards or key fobs.
The disadvantages of this is that members can forget their card and thus be unable to gain entry, or the card or fob can be passed on to non-members, resulting in the gym losing money. The fingerprint database links to the membership database, enabling control of access by membership type and level, and managing renewals and expired memberships.
The system can extend from access control to include access to lockers, with Borer's Locker Lock Systems. Biometric Fingerprint access control provides secure access according to level of membership around the clock, and prevents unauthorised use of a membership card.
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